• Director(s)

    Ella Glendining

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    03/11/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    87m

  • Cast

    Ella Glendining

Film

Is There Anybody Out There?

disablism, infrequent strong language

In this personal and heartfelt documentary, director Ella Glendining explores her relationship with ableism and society’s concept of ‘normal’ as she searches for others who share her rare disability.…

In this personal and heartfelt documentary, director Ella Glendining explores her relationship with ableism and society’s concept of ‘normal’ as she searches for others who share her rare disability.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

language

discrimination

injury detail

theme

violence

threat and horror

sex

drugs

  • Director(s)

    Ella Glendining

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    03/11/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    87m

  • Cast

    Ella Glendining

disablism, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
03/08/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Conic Films Limited
language
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’, ‘pissed’, ‘arsehole’, ‘bloody’, ‘sod’, ‘Jesus’, ‘hell’ and ‘goddamn’.
discrimination
Occasional references to discrimination against disabled people - including lack of accessibility, and pressure to conform to an ableist concept of 'normality' - occur throughout the film, which carries a clear and positive anti-discrimination message. A disabled woman speaks briefly and without detail about receiving unwanted sexual attention from people with ‘fetishes’. There is also use of the discriminatory term ‘midget’ in reported speech. Documentary footage from the 1970s depicts discriminatory attitudes and behaviour, such as a mother of a disabled child stating her belief that he will never marry nor have children, and an interviewer asking a wheelchair user whether she ever wishes that her parents had chosen not to let her live. There is also brief use of clips from the 1932 horror film FREAKS, in which disabled performers at carnival sideshow are described as ‘monstrosities’ and a group of little people are shown chasing a screaming woman.
injury detail
There are infrequent very mild images of medical detail.
theme
There are brief and undetailed references to a person becoming 'sober' after spending time in rehab.
Classified Date:
10/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Conic Films Limited

  • Classified date

    03/08/2023

  • Language

    English